Old livestock hauliers shropshire

Gardner 120:
Here’s a beauty I found on the internet somewhere - anyone remember this wagon / firm?

the only kidd i know from macclesfield is david hes still on the livestock job,must be a relation

Hi Gaz023, seeing your posting of the S.J. Morris of Llansantfraid Leyland (a Comet I think) reminds me of starting my career in haulage driving a similar Comet on livestock haulage for Jim Lawson of Cockermouth back in August 1962 as a 21 year old shortly after getting the Comet RAO 36 I was promoted to a brand new LAD cabbed Albion Clydesdale. One evening the dealer we haulaed for informed me that tonights load of lambs from ■■■■■■■ were down to Mid Wales, when I asked exactly where he replied its sounds something like Lamb Fries ■■? After studying the map we spied Llansantfraid and decided that this must be the place. Off I set about 2.00 am from Cockermouth no motorways to speak of then eventually arriving at Llansantfraid south end about 8 am. My instructions were to phone Ivor Jones sheep dealer, on looking in gthe phone book I discovered several pages of Jones looking puzzled the lady from the nearby shop / post office asked what I was looking for ? As soon as I explaine said she exclaimed she knew him and promptly phoned him for me, I then had to take the fork road there for about two miles where a lad would meet me in a van and show me which field to unload the sheep into which I duly did. Two years ago when staying in a self catering cottage near Llanfair Caerinion on that same road that passes through Meifod the lady who owned the cottage said her late husband Brian Jones also drove livestock wagons in the area, does anyone remember Brian ? I believe he drove for a local dealer. Just for old times sake I went back to Llansantfraid and retraced my footsteps back to that field gate first seen 52 years earlier.
Cheers, Leyland 600

Hi Leyland 600
Late fifties early sixties we used to take fat sheep over to Preston from the old Newcastle Mart. This was every Monday night and the dealer was called John Hindmarsh. I was only a kid at the time so not sure where exactly in Preston the sheep went to and where the dealer came from.
Just another useless memory. Tyneside

Hi Tyneside, I know where the old Newcastle mart was just because I used to arrive at Marlborogh Crecent off the United bus from Carlisle back in the 1950s en route to Blyth as a boy unaccompanied. I then got a trolleybus from Central Station to The Haymarket bus stand then any one of four United services to Blyth. In my livestock days I never visited Preston mart just passed through on my way to the Stanley Abbatoir at Liverpool, yeuk I can still smell it 54 years on. I also travelled along the new Preston M6 motorway from Broughton to Bamber Bridge en route to Banbury with sheep a regular job which took 9 hours each way back then in my then new LAD cabbed Albion Clydesdale. No tachographs then just good old paper log sheets filled in with a pencil the only essential item needed was a rubber !! Doon and back home in a oner.
Cheers, Leyland 600.

recently joined the forum and looking at shropshire and welsh borders tipper hauliers noticed a few cattle lorry pics.
thought it would be an idea to take up a post on livestock hauliers from the same aea.
heres a few to get started
JUKES TRANSPORT, LEINTWARDINE
ALICK ARCHER, LEINTWARDINE
LLOYDS OF LUDLOW( yes they did livestock years ago)
A E JONES ,LUDLOW
M J PARRY, BAYSTON HILL
J E LANGLEY, LEEBOTWOOD
E T ROWLANDS, DITTON PRIORS
BRICK BROS, KNIGHTON

hi 143 topline,good idea! how’s this for a kick off!

some more for your list

Crowthers livestock transport, Craven Arms
Michael Reynolds, Clun
J Pugh, Lydbury north
Clarry Whistance/llantilio transport
Derek Brick, felindre, Knighton


courtesy of the shropshire star


From Craven Arms, but i don’t know who.

Brick Bros Albion

flickr.com/photos/29795076@N … 9452340358

the m j parry mustang at welshpool - a new market opened at welshpool a couple of weeks ago
the commer ran in the livery of shropshire fatstock society who had the abattoir in craven arms where eurolamb is now
another couple of firms with commers from same period
W PHEYSEY , SEIFTON, CRAVEN ARMS
W FAULKNER , BRIMFIELD

atkidave:
some more for your list

Crowthers livestock transport, Craven Arms
Michael Reynolds, Clun
J Pugh, Lydbury north
Clarry Whistance/llantilio transport
Derek Brick, felindre, Knighton


courtesy of the shropshire star


From Craven Arms, but i don’t know who.

just rooted out a list i made recently, so heres a few more. i will attempt to post some pics when i have more time
DAVID O JONES , CHURCH STRETTON (WERE STILL RUNNING AN OLD 1972 ERF 8 LEGGER LAST YEAR!)
H BOSWELL, MONTFORD BRIDGE
E BREEZE, KERRY
G F POTTER, WELSHPOOL


H F Pugh & Son from Newcastle near Clun.


Another one of H F Pugh & Son.


Salop Haulage Ltd from Shrewsbury.


A couple of A E Jones.

143topline:
the m j parry mustang at welshpool - a new market opened at welshpool a couple of weeks ago
the commer ran in the livery of shropshire fatstock society who had the abattoir in craven arms where eurolamb is now
another couple of firms with commers from same period
W PHEYSEY , SEIFTON, CRAVEN ARMS
W FAULKNER , BRIMFIELD

atkidave:
some more for your list

Crowthers livestock transport, Craven Arms
Michael Reynolds, Clun
J Pugh, Lydbury north
Clarry Whistance/llantilio transport
Derek Brick, felindre, Knighton


courtesy of the shropshire star


From Craven Arms, but i don’t know who.

Did you take the photograph of the Shropshire fatstock society Commer John (143topline)?

does anybody know if Derek Brick is still going.
this is one of his old ones. Dad bought it in1994

this is one i did not photograph unfortunately.
i have a photo of an lad cabbed leyland comet refigerated lorry of shropshire fatstock society will try to post it.
just loaded some pics on photobucket so i am now going to try to post them on here

atkidave:

143topline:
the m j parry mustang at welshpool - a new market opened at welshpool a couple of weeks ago
the commer ran in the livery of shropshire fatstock society who had the abattoir in craven arms where eurolamb is now
another couple of firms with commers from same period
W PHEYSEY , SEIFTON, CRAVEN ARMS
W FAULKNER , BRIMFIELD

atkidave:
some more for your list

Crowthers livestock transport, Craven Arms
Michael Reynolds, Clun
J Pugh, Lydbury north
Clarry Whistance/llantilio transport
Derek Brick, felindre, Knighton


courtesy of the shropshire star


From Craven Arms, but i don’t know who.

Did you take the photograph of the Shropshire fatstock society Commer John (143topline)?

jonmea:
does anybody know if Derek Brick is still going.
this is one of his old ones. Dad bought it in1994

Hi jonmea,
Derek retired a few years ago,had a four wheeler FL6 curtainsider the last few years he was operating.
Cheers Dave.

heres a few of my pics to stir some memories